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Fern frame
Yep, when I typed the title of this post I did hear the J Geils Band singing Freeze Frame. I never did like that song, and now (if you're of a certain age) it's probably in your head too. Sorry.So, my...
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That was a hot one (a weather and garden report)
This post is simply an excuse to share photos of the garden and talk about how hot it's been. Since you're all gardeners I trust you'll understand. Of course our heat is nothing compared to what...
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It was a summer extravaganza!
Party invite, image borrowed from @cistusnursery Last Saturday there was a big party at Cistus Nursery. I didn't make it out to the island until early afternoon and the crowds had thinned a bit by...
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A couple gardens in East Clark County, Washington
Back on Saturday June 22nd (almost a month ago, why does summer go so fast?) I visited a couple of HPSO open gardens up in East Clark County, Washington. I live in Northeast Portland so Washington...
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Garden Duet VI, and a fern find!
I'm a frequent shopper at ReClaim It (a local shop "devoted to reducing waste & promoting creative reuse in our community"), so when I saw a poster for their late June Cracked Pots event in two...
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Concrete wonderland, a NE Portland landmark
Today's post is a little different.I'm taking you on a walking tour around a corner lot in NE Portland. I have driven by this collection / installation / neighborhood eyesore / concrete wonderland (one...
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Looking at plants...
My birthday was last weekend and I received a fresh batch of vintage plant and people photos from Andrew. Also, I'm just back from the whirlwind Garden Fling in the Puget Sound area where spent a lot...
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Plants (and metal) I brought home from the Fling
Before I share any photos of the gardens we visited during the Puget Sound Fling, I have to share pics of the plants I bought, "the haul"...Our first plant buying opportunity was on Saturday, at the...
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It's not looking good for the grassy pineapple (aka Nolina hibernica 'La...
When I shared my week of posts titled Eight months of Mondays in the garden a couple of commenters noticed just how good the Nolina hibernica 'La Siberica' looked throughout all the winter madness....
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Return to the farm on Dairy Creek
Last fall I wrote about my visit to Craig Quirk and Larry Neill's new garden on Dairy Creek. I returned again last week, while my friend Kenton Seth was there building an absolutely epic series of...
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Look at that hanging log planter! (and other wonderful things from Camille's...
In case you missed it, the 2024 Garden Fling took place in the Puget Sound area on July 18-22. In addition to her many other Fling activities and responsibilities, co-organizer Camille Paulsen opened...
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What is a trunk but another place to grow a plant?
Plants on plants, it's one of my favorite things. I've been pretty darn happy with the way my Passiflora lutea looks this year, growing up the trunk of my Trachycarpus fortunei.It dies back to the...
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The Fling bench, at home in my garden
In my Fling haul post I wrote that I hoped to soon share a photo of the metal bench I purchased at VanLierop Garden Market at home, in my garden. Well, here we go, it's found a spot tucked into the...
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Visiting the VanLierop Garden Market during the Fling
Our lunch stop on Saturday of the Garden Fling was at Sorci’s Italian Cafe and the VanLierop Garden Market "Fresh flowers, great plants and found objects for home and garden" in Sumner, WA (about 20...
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Touring Illahe Rare Plants
I've written a bit about Illahe Rare Plants in the past, and a week or so ago I finally had the chance to visit their operation with a small group from the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon. The nursery is...
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Off to Sebright Gardens
It was such a good day! After visiting Illahe we then trekked over to Sebright Gardens. "We" being just five of us from the HPSO NE Portland focus group. We ate our packed lunches, chatted, and then...
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Jeff Fairchild's garden, before I left for the Fling
Back in mid-July, before I left town to attend the Garden Fling up in the Puget Sound area, I visited an open garden here in Portland, one that came highly recommended by my friends Heather and Tim....
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The (sorta) secret veggie garden at Secret Garden Growers
Earlier in the month I visited the always fabulous Secret Garden Growers in Canby, OR.This time I even got to (finally) peek inside the yurt AND ride in one of the gators, I know... I live an exciting...
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It's a foliage paradise at the Heldreth's
It seems nearly every August my friends the Heldreths (Laura and Charlie), have an event in their Vancouver, WA, garden for their gardening friends. It also seems that I'm nearly always elsewhere that...
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At home and out and about...
Today is one of those catch-up posts with things I've been meaning to share but haven't, or things I just found interesting. We start with the blooms on my Orthophytum magalhaesii, a terrestrial...
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